Like the rest of the world, I have recently become quite obsessed with all things unicorn! I love all things fantasy and I especially love incorporating the world of fantasy into my bakes! Plus I’ll take any excuse to sprinkle an excessive amount of glitter on my cupcakes!!
These are obviously not your average everyday cupcake and therefore they take a bit more effort! But it is all worth it for the end result!
The unicorn ears and horn are both made of fondant. I added a tiny bit of tylose powder to my fondant to ensure it dried nice and firm. For the horn you just need plain white fondant, two separate lengths. which you hold at one tapered end and then twist together to form the horn. Insert a cocktail stick and leave to set hard before painting with gold lustre dust.
For the ears I use a pastel pink and purple coloured fondant, cut into small circles, layered and then pinched together at both ends to form little ear shapes.
The cupcakes themselves were simple vanilla cupcakes which I filled with salted caramel. The frosting was again salted caramel, which I coloured three different colours, all pretty pastel shades. I spooned all 3 shades into an extra big piping bag, to create a swirled colour effect. Pipe on a big swirl so it’s easier to stick the horn in and place the ears. Once everything’s in place it just needs a sprinkle of glitter! Enjoy…
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